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and cramed? them into a unknown, and mailed it to the front part of a saddle, with my overcoat & umbrella behind. Thus accoutered about 8 o'clock A.M. I put off. The undertaking seemed rather arduous to me--unaccustomed to long rides when horseback.--I had a long road before me, but the thoughts of seeing the "west" made the prospect look cheerful--Heaving supplies myself with letters of introduction at this place from such a aquaintances as I had made during the week, I bid adieu to Lanesville & jogged off at the rate of four miles an hour. My point of destination was Cincinnati. The first town of any consequence west of Lanesville is New-ark, a distance of twenty five miles. The canal from Portsmouth on the Ohio River to Cleveland on the Lake, passes thro this town-- Making business here quite flourishing--the town contained a population